Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
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INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
,TFST LABOR NEWS FROM THIRTY EIGHT
STATES.
E.8 News FOm bpad-ManuactarerS Busy Every
Whrrs-A Good Year Ahead Of us-LaSr and
Wasss-GeHsral Notes.
,a.l Coropapiascg Of he S,1pday Register.

0H||I N|INHNA"H' -
PUrLApELPHIA, Pa, January 2l.-StOre-
k,ensrs and manufacturers in many small
town mildly contradict the reports OF
boomiug activity in the great channels OF
industry and trade. The summaries Of
the great industrial and business centres
count up - per cent ahead oflss1. This
Is strong proof.
Steel rails have bounded from S8lto S3S
aud loo, OO0 tons are sold, though most
OF them are near the former figure. Nearly
1 100 locomotives have been ordered with
in ninety days including orders to Ne
placed tins week. All the car works are
loaded with orders. The blast furnace
nutput has increased J 900 tons IN a month
,pI Is now rs. UOO tons per week. The
iron and steel buy crs are trembling lest an
advance take place.
The bears are depressing wheat IN New
York under Increasing visible supplies IN
west and checked exports. Hog products
and provisions are weaker. Dry Goods
and clothing are in better demand at Ne"
York and philadelphia and cashmere and
vor,trd manufacturers are asking = per
cent more. 4 good many failures are oc-
rurrin. rs usual after January settlements,
The railroad aud financial interests expect
the Interstate Bill will pass andthey have
concluded to accept 1t. Money Is ac-
rpmuIating ut New York and less Is want
"a IN the interior. The reserve this year
,1SOUu uOO against Si7,O 900, 600 last year
rt ihi, time. Stock speculation has been
dulI n many eastern and western centres.
ErsiueSS Is active at Boston, especially IN
w,,I boots and shoes. At Philadelphia
;r,n and steel makers and dry goods, carpet
and hosiery manufacturers report lncreaS-
inc activity. vt pittSburg, the volume OF
bu,iurSS is increasing and the iron trade
M, never more active. At Cincinnati, the
-s,rthvsul movement OF merchandise II
h,tyv and values are firm all around. At
Cleveland, business Is fair and prices a lit
tIr ni.nrr. At Chicago, the cold weater
Inns ~,IghtIv retarded business but the
r,uu,gv trade will absorb an enormous
nrsIur,ion. General merchandise prices
.r. un. h;gh. 81. Louis markets are active
for ~mii,Ianuary. Kansas City trade
prnm,~,S Ia bc very heavy for the winter.
New orleans merchants are receiving eN-
r.I.ut interior adyiUes. Collections are
.n.uI. 1T. Paul'S business has been tenn
prrtrily checked 10y the weather.
The Architects and HuildcrS see q little
farther ahead and in al cities there Is
stir OF preparation. Zig house, mill and
factory building will he early entered upon
I'M the ESt, anal in the West a booming
railroad building will call out a great deal
of enterprise and activity in labor. Wages
Will rrttl,ul, not decline. In some dircc-
rIpI, they will advance. Employers have
oprnrl tine YEAR in several directions by
al,lnrrIg VICES voluntarily.
Combinations ct employers arr progress
Iu. tiI over the country, and employers
,rrI less concerned this pear.
l.r~. year nine manufacturers aSSocla-
fi,4. locked out b.nnO workmcn and IN
all lIu.u,s, struck. of these lnO,nOO were
nm Ca,r.t.o. 1j,ODO in New York, 5000 in
IIprirusri. Here Is list by industries.